Who Knew—7 Dogs Have Held the Office of Mayor in the US

Dogs can hold elected office, it turns out! A recent story about dog mayor-elect Brynneth Pawltro inspired us to sniff out her four-legged mayorial peers. In addition to 7 dogs who’ve served as mayor of their towns, get this list. We discovered Stubbs the cat, who has been Mayor of Talkeetna, AK since 1997 (career politicians, am I right?), a beer-loving goat named Clay Henry, who was the mayor of Lajitas, TX from 1986 until his passing in 1992, and Alice the cow, the mayor of Eastsound, WA. But it’s all about the dog mayors around here. Meet them below!